Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1976. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 237+(1) pages. Scarecrow Author Bibliographies, No. 27. Table of contents, foreword, sources, chronologies of the lives of Murdoch and Spark. Indices of authors, titles, and subjects. A bibliograpy of works by and about both authors. READ MORE about IRIS MURDOCH AND MURIEL SPARK: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
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London: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1988. 8vo. paper over boards. 117 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies. As the written output of European culture has continued to expand and diversify the need to establish controls of the materials has also increased. The listing, description and analysis of texts, whether in manuscript or print, have engaged a long series of individuals in what can only be described as a heroic struggle. These individuals are the subject..... READ MORE about PIONEERS IN BIBLIOGRAPHY
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(Wormley, Hertfordshire, England): Five Owls Press, (1973). 8vo. cloth, cloth spine label. xxxii, 459+(1) pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments. lists of illustrations and abreviations, bibliographical references, introduction, three appendices, chronological list of dated and datable books, indices of publishers and artists, general index. Tipped in frontispiece, black and white illustrations in text, and 32 pages of plates. Detailed bibliographical information for each. READ MORE about JOHN NEWBERY AND HIS SUCCESSORS 1740-1814, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Studies in the History of Numismatic Lliterature No. 1
Crestlline and London: (Kolbe and Spink), 2001. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 87+(1) pages. Studies in the History of Numismatic Lliterature No. 1. First edition of the English translation by Elizabeth Saville, updated and revised by the author, of the Italian edition of Monete e Medaglie nel Libro Antico dal XV al XIX Secolo originally published in Florence, Italy in 1985. A fine collection of scholarly essays devoted to matters both numismatic and bibliographic, the volume..... READ MORE about ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS ON COINS AND MEDALS FROM THE FIFTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
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London: British Museum, 1954. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 34, (10) pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies printed by the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona. Contains a five page introduction by Stanley Morison (Appleton The writings of Stanley Morison, 192). Covers faded with some tears. Related bibliographical information looosely inserted. READ MORE about OFFICINA BODONI, VERONA, CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED ON THE HAND PRESS MXMXXIII - MXMLIV
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(London, England): John Trotter, (1989). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 816 pages. Text in German. Second reprint of first edition. Introduction, table of contents, index. Arranged chronologically. Essays follow bibliography. Includes a section on cartography. READ MORE about BIBLIOTECA GEOGRAPHICA PALAESTINAE CHRONOLOGISCHES VERZEICHNIS DER VON 333 BIS 1878 VERFASSTEN...
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Chicago: Newberry Library, 1959. large 8vo. cloth. viii, 179 pages. First edition (Besterman 4789). Catalogue of printed materials relating to the Philippine Islands from 1519 to 1900 in the Newberry. Spine and front cover detached from book block. Inscribed by the author. Very minor water staining to front and rear pastedowns/endpapers. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF PRINTED MATERIALS RELATING TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1519-1900 IN THE NEWBERRY...
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Cambridge: Harvard, The Houghton Library, 1999. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiii, (i), 174 pages. A catalogue from the exhibition held at the Houghton Library in 1999, which celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its founding. The collection of Harrison D. Horblit was featured which consisted of early photographs dating as far back as the early 1800's. It includes several black-and-white photographs, a bibliography and an index. Slightly sunned on spine. READ MORE about SALTS OF SILVER, TONED WITH GOLD
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New York, NY: Institute of French Studies, Columbia University, (1935). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 105, (17) pages. Table of contents, introduction, bibliography, check list of French periodicals. List of other works by this publisher follows text. Unopened. Covers chipped at edges, lightly sunned at edges. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FRENCH-CANADIAN POETRY
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Hastings: R.A. Brimmell, 1967. small 8vo. decorated paper-covered boards, glassine wrapper. 70 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Best bibliography to-date. Spine sunned. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF T.F. POWYS
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Rochester: Rochester Institute of Technology, (1972). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Limited to 200 copies. With an introduction by A.S. Lawson. Describes the books printed by Melbert Cary at his private press. Soiling to front cover. READ MORE about PRESS OF THE WOOLLY WHALE, AN EXHIBITION JANUARY, 1972
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Introduction by Will Ransom.
Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1935. 8vo. cloth, paper cover label. 95, (7) pages. Introduction by Will Ransom. First edition, limited to 300 numbered copies. Largerly an update of Ransom's work on private presses listing new presses and books published after that 1929 work. Minor cover rubbing. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MODERN AMERICAN PRESSES
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Chicago: Open Court Publishing Co., 1908. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xvi, 208 pages. Two page history. Illustrated. Covers faded. Small dampstain on covers. READ MORE about WORK OF THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING CO AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF ITS PUBLICATIONS COVERING A...
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Somerville, MA: Kenneth W. Rendell, Inc., n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. variously paginated. Catalogues #64, 92, 96, 101. READ MORE about Four catalogues issued by Kenneth W. Rendell
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80 Volumes total
Bristol, RI and Saint Paul, MN: Current Company / Rulon-Miller Books, various. 8vo - 4to. paper wrappers. variously paginated. 80 Volumes total. Catalogues from The Current Company: 67; Better or Worse series (5, 11, 16, 26, 17); Chapter & Verse series (4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 28, 29, 34) Rulon-Miller Books: 71, 72, 72, 77, 80, 81, 89, 96, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107..... READ MORE about Group of Catalogues issued by The Current Company / Rulon-Miller Books
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1918. small 4to. cloth, top edge gilt. x, 105+(1) pages. Besterman p.5477. 1,750 entries in this bibliography. Loosely inserted is a biographical note on Fiske. Covers rubbed. Ex library with markings. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF RUNIC LITERATURE FORMING A PART OF THE ICELANDIC COLLECTI ON BEQUEATHED BY WILLARD...
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(Nashville, TN): Vanderbilt University Press, 1970. 8vo. cloth. x, 62 pages. Introduction, list of abbreviations, table of contents, index of authors, editors, and compilers. Two sections: general and literary bibliographies. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about A GUIDE TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE
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Revere, PA: Woolmer - Brotherson Ltd., 1986. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xix, 70 pages. First edition. The Samurai Press was founded in 1906 at Ranworth Hall, near Norwich, by Maurice Browne, Harold Marno, and others, with the object of publishing attractive and moderately-priced works of a transcendental nature, chiefly poetry, by young, aspiring, and little-known authors. The Press published 30 books during its lifetime, some of which were hand-printed on the press that was later..... READ MORE about THE SAMURAI PRESS, 1906-1909, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Old Chatham, NY: (Shaker Museum Foundation), 1970. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63 pages. A catalogue of more than 300 entries, with several black-and-white plates throughout. Cover slightly soiled, wrappers curling. Spine faded, some creasing and wear on covers. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE EMMA B. KING LIBRARY OF THE SHAKER MUSEUM
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(Brattleboro, VT): McPherson, 1983. large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (v), 89+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 750 copies in lusterkote covers. Designed by Bruce McPherson and printed on Mohawk Superfine paper. Founded and operated from 1964 to 1974 by Richard C. (Dick) Higgins, a member of the Fluxus group in New York and a student of John Cage, this was one of the first publishing houses to devote itself to "artists' books"--integral artworks..... READ MORE about SOMETHING ELSE PRESS, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Ditchling: Ditchling Press, 1979. 8vo. paper wrappers. (viii), 43 pages. First edition. The press is known for using many of Eric Gill's illustrations and devices. READ MORE about CHECK-LIST OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, BROADSHEETS, CATALOGUES, POSTERS, ETC. PRINTED BY H.D.C. PEPLER...
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With an introduction by Roderick Stinehour.
Vermont: Meriden-Stinehour Press, (1988). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxi, 300 pages. With an introduction by Roderick Stinehour. First edition, limited to 1200 numbered copies. A checklist of the printed works produced by this fine press in the first thirty years. Contains an interesting introduction on the origins of the press and is well-illustrated, with many of the title pages shown in two colors. Signed by Roderick Steinhour on half-title. READ MORE about THE STINEHOUR PRESS, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST OF THE FIRST THIRTY YEARS
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La Crosse: The Sumac Press, 1977. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Limited to 270 copies printed by Emerson Wulling. Introduction followed by bibliographical descriptions of 28 items printed by Phelps, many at his Voyageur Press. READ MORE about CHECK LIST OF PRIVATE PRINTINGS
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Washington: GPO, 1946. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 71 pages. Tipped-in as a frontispiece is a facsimile of a 1793 broadside printed by George Roulstone, the state's first printer. 468 items described. A number of tipped-in plates. READ MORE about TENNESSEE'S SESQUICENTENNIAL EXHIBITION
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A list of 4,000 items of Texiana and Texana including books, maps, autograph material, pamphlets, newspapers, paper money, magazines & journals.
Waco (TX): W.M. Morrison, 1963. large 8vo. cloth. x, 208, (2). A list of 4,000 items of Texiana and Texana including books, maps, autograph material, pamphlets, newspapers, paper money, magazines & journals. First edition. "simply a price guide...as reflected by actual sales made through 185 Catalogues issued by me from 1952 to 1962" (foreword). Reproduced typescript. Light soiling, a few bumps. READ MORE about TEXAS BOOK PRICES ($1.50 TO $4,000
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